Lophotis is a genus of bustard in the family Otididae. The genus contains three species, all found in Africa. All three species are sometimes placed in the genus Eupodotis, and are closely related to that genus and the genus Afrotis. One distinctive feature of the genus is a pink retractile crest.
Species Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Lophotis savilei Savile's bustard Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan. Lophotis gindiana Buff-crested bustard Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Lophotis ruficrista Red-crested korhaanAngola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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